Esports scholarship review: Synthesis, contributions, and future research

AD Pizzo, Y Su, T Scholz, BJ Baker… - Journal of Sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Esports, or competitive video gaming competitions, bring together aspects of sports,
business, leisure, technology, and digital media, appealing to academics across multiple …

Don't you know that you're toxic: Normalization of toxicity in online gaming

NA Beres, J Frommel, E Reid, RL Mandryk… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Video game toxicity, endemic to online play, represents a pervasive and complex problem.
Antisocial behaviours in online play directly harm player wellbeing, enjoyment, and retention …

Association of cyberbullying and internet use disorder

G Floros, I Mylona - Current Addiction Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to critically assess the published
studies on the relationship between cyberbullying and internet use disorder (IUD), and …

Effects of individual toxic behavior on team performance in League of Legends

CK Monge, TC O'Brien - Media Psychology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Toxic behavior in online video games is frequent and problematic. Previous research has
linked toxic behavior with worsened performance. No study, however, has investigated a …

Social contagion of cyberbullying via online perpetrator and victim networks

K Yokotani, M Takano - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyberbullying is a social problem in the digital age. Online social networks have been
reported to be linked with cyberbullying, but the links remain unclear. Our research question …

Exploring the relationship between offline cultural environments and toxic behavior tendencies in multiplayer online games

B Kordyaka, S Park, J Krath, S Laato - ACM Transactions on Social …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In multiplayer online games, players from different cultural backgrounds come together to
cooperate and compete in real time. Although these games are enjoyed by billions of …

Misleading political advertising fuels incivility online: A social network analysis of 2020 US presidential election campaign video comments on YouTube

Y Chen, L Wang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
In the 2020 US presidential election, increasing misinformation-based political
advertisements have circulated on video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube and …

Exploring the dark side of esports online spectatorship: passion as a mediator and collective Narcissism as a moderator

TY Qian, K Sonkeng, L Luo - Communication & Sport, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The rise of esports as an emerging spectator phenomenon has led to a growing number of
esports fans who participate in online discussions and communities. With a larger and more …

The art of being together: How group play can increase reciprocity, social capital, and social status in a multiplayer online game

SSY Kim, KM Huang-Isherwood, W Zheng… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
In-game affordances that can encourage a positive community may be a means to avoid
toxicity in massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Therefore, it is essential to …

“After all, they don't know me” Exploring the psychological mechanisms of toxic behavior in online games

Y Liu, C Agur - Games and Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Toxic behavior is commonplace in online games and has negative consequences for
players. Although previous studies have illustrated common types and features of in-game …